Home - The Beatles - The First U.S. Visit DVD (PAL only) (DVD)
- Catalogue ID: 5993609
- Release Date: 2004
- Label: EMI
- DVD format: PAL
- Stock Status: In Stock
- Price: £19.99
This DVD chronicles the remarkable two weeks in February 1964 that began America's still-enduring love affair with the group
The film of the frantic fortnight records the hysterical reaction to The Beatles US debut in a documentary that was the real-life inspiration for the Beatles movie A Hard Day's Night
Closely shot at the shoulders of John, Paul, George and Ringo by the pioneering Maysles Brothers, The First US Visit innovated intimate film-making that set a benchmark for rock and roll cinematography
Albert and David Maysles were granted all-areas access the like of which is now unknown, filming The Beatles in the eye of their own hurricane as the band besotted America and lifted the nation from its gloom in the wake of President John Kennedy's assassination
As The Beatles became the first British act to conquer America - with I Want To Hold Your Hand at No.1 in the US charts - the Maysles Brothers shadowed the band off-guard and off-duty in dressing rooms, hotels and night clubs, at photo-sessions and press conferences, travelling together in limos and on trains.
The original black and white film - which was first shown on US and UK TV in 1964 as a 40-minute programme - has been re-graded and the sound re-mastered for the new 80-minute version
The DVD also includes:
- Their first concert at The Washington Coliseum and their three historic performances on The Ed Sullivan Show - including the seminal night of February 9th when the band first exploded into the homes of a then-world record 73 million TV viewers
- A 50-minute Making Of The Beatles First US Visit, featuring footage that has never been seen before
- A new and revealing interview with cameraman Albert Maysles
Subtitled in 9 languages
PAL (Please check your system for compatibility)
Confused by ‘region codes’ and ‘picture formats’?... then consult our guide HERE
The film of the frantic fortnight records the hysterical reaction to The Beatles US debut in a documentary that was the real-life inspiration for the Beatles movie A Hard Day's Night
Closely shot at the shoulders of John, Paul, George and Ringo by the pioneering Maysles Brothers, The First US Visit innovated intimate film-making that set a benchmark for rock and roll cinematography
Albert and David Maysles were granted all-areas access the like of which is now unknown, filming The Beatles in the eye of their own hurricane as the band besotted America and lifted the nation from its gloom in the wake of President John Kennedy's assassination
As The Beatles became the first British act to conquer America - with I Want To Hold Your Hand at No.1 in the US charts - the Maysles Brothers shadowed the band off-guard and off-duty in dressing rooms, hotels and night clubs, at photo-sessions and press conferences, travelling together in limos and on trains.
The original black and white film - which was first shown on US and UK TV in 1964 as a 40-minute programme - has been re-graded and the sound re-mastered for the new 80-minute version
The DVD also includes:
- Their first concert at The Washington Coliseum and their three historic performances on The Ed Sullivan Show - including the seminal night of February 9th when the band first exploded into the homes of a then-world record 73 million TV viewers
- A 50-minute Making Of The Beatles First US Visit, featuring footage that has never been seen before
- A new and revealing interview with cameraman Albert Maysles
Subtitled in 9 languages
PAL (Please check your system for compatibility)
Confused by ‘region codes’ and ‘picture formats’?... then consult our guide HERE
Track List
Beatles performances on the DVD include
All My Loving
Till There Was You
She Loves You
From Me To You
This Boy
Twist And Shout
Please Please Me
I Saw Her Standing There
I Wanna Be Your Man
I Want To Hold Your Hand
All My Loving
Till There Was You
She Loves You
From Me To You
This Boy
Twist And Shout
Please Please Me
I Saw Her Standing There
I Wanna Be Your Man
I Want To Hold Your Hand